( link )Both the meeting and the statement reveal the Vatican’s deep interest in assisting the coming of a just peace in Gaza. At the same time, the Vatican’s editorial director, Andrea Tornielli , 61, on September 2 issued a heartfelt statement on the situation in Gaza, showing the Vatican’s concern for the plight of the people of Gaza, and their hope for an end to the ongoing violence. On 18 December 2018, Pope Francis appointed Tornielli manager of the editorial department of the Dicastery for Communication. The war now raging in Gaza, and the controversies surrounding it, have made this phenomenon even more extreme, if that were possible. The latest of these is the plan now being discussed for the future development of Gaza.